So we¹ve got folks looking over the seismic data, an astronomer¹s take on the still photo, a nice .kmz by Elton... This is turning into a real ³stone soup² fireball event. I¹m diggin¹ it.
Cheers, Marc Fries On 7/9/09 11:08 AM, "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybea...@comcast.net> wrote: > folks... > > my take: this putative fall is unlikely to generate a seismic signal if > pieces hit the ground at terminal free-fall velocity (several hundred mph > for really large chunks, much less for smaller ones). > > meanwhile, I've analyzed Mike Hankey's photo. assuming the bolide was 1:10 > am local time and "falling from the sky", as reports indicate, then the > meteor segment in the image he took was centered at AZ 73°, AL 63½°, and had > a bearing toward the east-northeast horizon. > > > clear skies, > Kelly > > **************** > J. Kelly Beatty > Senior Contributing Editor > SKY & TELESCOPE > 617-416-9991 > SkyandTelescope.com > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
